Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-19

shop. cot hold o. the negative and broke
it. The artist had him arrested on the
charge Of malicious mischief and ne was
convicted. He il member OF a wealthy
family IN New York city, and is very
much worried at being arraigned and
convicted in criminal count. The case
will be taken uD by certOrari, though The
fine imposed was merely nominal.
Mr. Dozier has found numerous evil
dences Of gold on his farm near Barnes
ylle. Fifty years ago gold was pauned
out in the clear little branch in the pubic
road. Large bOulders OF blue granite are
seen along the bluff near the creek.
Every old miner who has passed this road
CXclaims, upon seeing this spot, "here is
gold" One old fellow stopped and dug
up some blush clay and gravel. From
this be washed and filled a goosequil with
a bright substance which he called gold,
Gold bearing quartz, or slick, Is found all
over this billy farm. Last week Mr.
DOger took a rock into BAruesvIlie which
he said contained something like gold.
Parties there broke 1t up and were IN
clned to shrink it contained gold, though
the specimen was not submitted to an
expert.
Canton Advance: Mr.. Britt came to
town Tuesday morning greatly excited
over his garnet lind on lot he recently
sold to Mr.. }. +. stewart, of Philadel-
phia. He has dug out ten pounds to ship
to Mr. Stewart. He says 1t is all very
pretty, OF deep red garnet color, almost
/ transparent, and that the vein is pretty
wide and OF unknown depth. Clear, tran
sparent garnet, pure and unmlXed with
other minerals, are very rich and valu-
able, aud usually occur in symmetrical,
twelye-sIded crystals, of a deep red color.
There are also green, yellow, brown and
black varieties. Garnet is very COM
mon mineral in some localities, and
whore intermiXed with more or less OK de
OF iron and manganese is not very vaIu-
able, but where transparent 1t is COM
posed OF ALUMINIUM and called precious
garnet, and 10 used as gem, making 1t
very rare and valuable. We trust this
md may develop INTO very rich, transpar-
ent garnet and in great quantities.
1t is now definitely known that Hamp
Palmore and john Holland, the two
negro men who disappeared from Mr..
Wilson's place on the Chattahoochee
river near Atlanta saturday were drown
ed. Palmore's body was recovered Tues
day. On Sunday, after the disappearance
Ois the two men had been observed and
short search in the river had been made
for their bodies, many of the people IN tue
nelghborhood became satisfied tnat the
! two men had run away from home. Mr.
! Wilson, for whom Holland had worked
more than fifteen years, declined to believe
| that he had gone away. The negro had
| always been faithful and honest, and Mr..
! Wilson felt certain that he had gone down
into watery grave. He insisted that
the search should be continued, and re-
NAMED away from the tax office two days
| TO aid in the search. The body OF Pal
more was found in the bottom OF the river,
within twenty feet of where they had
anchored the last basket. When the
| body was drawn out of the water it was
not stid. The man looked more like ne
was asleep than dead. His body was
| carried to the shore and removed to his
home. The finding Of Palmore's body
satisfied every person in the neighbor-
| hood that Holland had been drowned too,
and the search for his body Is being con-
tinued.
The big gold mine sale in White county
to English capitalists has awakened new
interest in the mines of that section.
! Several large combinations have been
formed and property grouped, so as to
make valuable tracts and desirable min
| ing privileges. The probabilities are that
| some other large sales will soon be made.
There is little mining on an extended
! scale going on just now. The COM
| panies which organized upon large and
| fictitious capital have all gone to the
wall, and the practical miners are
now working the same properties on
| leases and making good pay for their SER
vices. This is all the better tor the cOun-
| ~. for what the miners dig out stays and
| sWells the volume of currency. The COM
panies that organized and ran their
| operations on business principles have
all prospered and paid handsome divi-
dends TO the shareholders. Col. n. II.
| Hand is at the head of the largest of these
enterprises, and for every dollar he is
now actually paying out he receives
| 81 56 in return. This, of course, does
not include the interest on the invest
ments. 1t demonstrates that gold min
\ ing in Georgia, when properly followed,
pays handsomely. He said he had time
and again refused to give the output of
| his mines to the Director of the Mint for
! publication. The statement as to his
profits is borne out by John Hugh, his
| SUPERINTENDENT.